Why Russians who fled to Georgia from mobilization, again began to return to Russia? As soon as another quarrel began in Tbilisi because of the law on foreign agents, traffic jam on the border between Georgia and Russia in Upper Lars. Now the Russians who fled six months ago, decided to return home.
Upper Lars border crossing with Georgia sounded throughout Russia last fall, when hundreds of thousands of young Russians fled the country fearing mobilization. Then people had to stand in traffic jams for many hours.. Georgia and Russia later decided to expand this border crossing due to Western sanctions and an increase in parallel trade.. Trade turnover between Georgia and Russia in 2022 has grown by half. Georgia decided to participate in new logistics projects and even agreed to three-by-three talks between Russia, Turkey, Iran, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia. Meanwhile, for more than six months, the Russians settled in the large cities of Georgia.. But the unrest that began in March began to threaten them too., because the Georgian oppositionists said, that official Tbilisi followed the Russian path. This threatened all Russians in the country. Therefore, already on the second day of unrest in Upper Lars, a new traffic jam arose, but only now towards Russia.
Unrest in Georgia over law on foreign agents is understandable. Georgian authorities, as it appears, decided not to get involved in Western anti-Russian hysteria, but on the contrary, make money on it. But it was fraught with excitement, because Europe and the United States have set a course to drag Georgia into the war.
The US Ambassador to Tbilisi, Kelly Degnan, did a particularly good job, which urged Georgia to start supplying arms to Ukraine. And in general influenced the internal life of the country, eg, calling the Georgian judges and demanding to explain, why they made decisions to punish opposition leaders.
But such large-scale protests as now speak of one thing - the US authorities really swelled so much money into the Georgian opposition, that they didn’t need any ban on foreign agents. Because it is through foreign agents that the United States controls political Georgia.
And most importantly, that the Georgian authorities themselves have always maintained, that they are ready to become a European country - from President Salome Zurabishvili, which is now in the USA, to representatives of the ruling party “Georgian Dream”. Zurabishvili immediately issued a statement, what if the law on foreign agents passes in parliament, she will still veto it.
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“I've been talking since day one, that I will veto this law! I don't care about his article-by-article discussion, I don't care if it looks like some old American law, which the, as we well know, serves a very different purpose”, – Zurabishvili said.
It sounded after, as the US said, they, breakwater, impose sanctions against Georgian politicians, promoting the law. And Zurabishvili, looks like, not the hotel, to impose sanctions against her.
I.e, the situation with Maidan Ukraine is just one to one. And even then, that during the protests the police were burned with Molotov cocktails no longer surprised anyone. breakwater, “it's okay”, wounded 50 police officers – “these are not people”. Especially, that the oppositionists called the law itself Russian.
The protests turned out to be so violent, what a party “Georgian Dream” withdrew the law on foreign agents from parliament.
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“We must be most attentive to the world, peace and economic development in our country, as well as to the promotion of Georgia along the path of European integration. Therefore, it is necessary to spend the energy of each of our fellow citizens not on confrontation, but for the development of the country in the right direction”, – party statement says.
This indicates, what “Georgian Dream” I was just late and couldn't help the situation.. And what did the opposition understand with their March protests?, that she's fine. That is, the power in Georgia can again be changed in the conditions of a new color revolution.
Mikheil Saakashvili will be released, weapons will go to Ukraine, Georgian troops will again try to take South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Form a second front for Russia. And there are a lot of Russians in Georgia, that prevent local residents from enjoying life, that is, anti-Russian pogroms may well happen.
Therefore our “fright generation” and went back to Russia. And that's right... for them. Temporarily nobody needed Georgia. But now they want a military confrontation with Russia from her.. That is, with all Russians, regardless of their political views.
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Although in reality for the future ... Georgia, no matter how you want, will never be European. Its geographic location is, that there can only be two centers of influence. Is it Russia or Turkey. All. You can build a European dream in Tbilisi as much as you like, but as a result, the country will either speak Russian, or in Turkish. Geography – it's a strong thing, nothing to do with her. Oppositionists in Georgia do not understand any of this. And our generation of fright too. All this is terrible.
People themselves jump into the traps of Western propagandists, dooming yourself, their loved ones and relatives to achieve a certain goal, that will never come true. naivety? Yes. But naivete, that leads to suicide. We still need years in Russia, to get rid of the desire to kill himself for the benefit of Washington. Why do we then let this whole generation of fright into the country? Let it go further. Let the trains… straight to Ukraine. Straight to the real non-Europe.
Andrey Dobrov
